University BDT College of Engineering (UBDTCE)

University BDT College of Engineering (UBDTCE), Davanagere, is located in the central part of Karanataka (State), India. Started in the year 1951, it was the only Government Engineering College in the state. The College was named after the donors Bra state. The College was named after the donors Bramhappa Devendrappa Tanvanappanavar (BDT), who donated 1.5 lakh rupees for the construction of buildings. Subsequently, the College building was completed and inaugurated on September 24, 1956. The College continued as the only Government Engineering College (GBDTCE) affiliated to University of Mysore, for the entire state of Karnataka until it was transferred to Kuvempu University on June 1, 1992, as a Constituent Engineering College. Later on, with the establishment of Davangere University, UBDTCE became its Constituent Engineering College on August 18, 2009. Again, the College was transferred to Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belgaum, on February 24, 2011 as its first Constituent Engineering College. The College was started with only one branch in Civil Engineering (1951) at Under Graduate (UG) level. Subsequently, other branches of engineering such as Mechanical, and Electrical & Electronics (1957), Electronics & Communication (1972), Computer Science, and Instrumentation Technology (Currently Electronics & Instrumentation) (1984), and Industrial & Production (1996) have been added. The current intake of the College from all these branches is 410 at the UG level. The college is approved by AICTE and Under Graduate courses were accredited by NBA in the year 2001 for Five years. Further, Computer Science & Engineering and Electronics & Communication Engineering were accredited by NBA in the year 2009 for three years. NBA accreditation process for all the departments is currently in progress. The college was one among the fourteen institutions in the state of Karnataka to get the World Bank Aided TEQIP Project Phase-I. The College utilized a grant of rupees nine crores in improving its infrastructural facilities and enhanced the quality of academic learning.The college library is equipped with good number of rare collection of old books and is further enriched with latest volumes during TEQIP phase-I. The institution is a member of Red Cross Society. Other Cells available are Science and Technology Entrepreneurs' Park (STEP), Industry Institute Partnership Cell (IIPC), ISTE Staff and Students Chapters.